October 9, 201015 yr Evga 730i 113-YW-E115-RX- 8 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID5, JBOD. (I already have 1 of these boards runninga video security system, been working flawlessly with xp) EVGA nForce 730i Technical specifications : Chipset : NVIDIA nForce 730i; Supported processors : intel socket 775 (Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE and pentium with FSB frequency 800/1066/1333 MHz); Graphic system : GeForce 9300; Dual-link DVI- I; HDMI with HDCP; VGA. Memory : Dual-channel, up to 8 GB DDR2 533/667/ 800 MHz, Expansion Slots : PCI express x16, 2 x PCI express x1, 3 x 32-bit PCI 2.1; ultraDMA133, 8 x SATA with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD support , disk drive controller ; Net adapter : gigabit ethernet; Multichannel sound system (7.1, HDA); 2x PS2, 12 x USB2.0; Standard size : ATX (304,8 X 243,6 mm). 2x HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115072&cm_re=highpoint_620-_-16-115-072-_-Product Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533 2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544 Will start off using these 3 drives with the unregistered version. The mobo will be able to give me another 8 drives in the future along with the 1 leftover port on the controller card. Would there be any compatibility issues with using the controller cards and would there be a improvement on the data transfer speeds over my network?
October 12, 201015 yr The motherboard looks fine to me. I'm unsure about the HighPoint cards, though. You may just have to try them and see. If they don't work, here's come cheap replacements. You can also look into the SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 which will give you 8 ports on the PCIe x16 slot. It also requires special breakout cables. The drives are of course fine.
October 12, 201015 yr Are you sure that you want to use all WD Black drives? They are not really going to be that much faster than WD Green drives. If you switched to 1 x WD10EARS and 2 x WD20EARS you'd save over $100 plus your operating cost would be lower. If you want better performance you'd be better off adding a cache drive. That would make a bigger difference than having all WD Black drives in the array.
October 12, 201015 yr I agree. I thought that you owned the drives already. If you are buying new drives, I also recommend green drives. WD Greens are great, just be sure to add a jumper to pins 7-8 on all advanced format drives (all EARS models and some EADS models).
October 13, 201015 yr Especially if you're going to use a high density cage/backplane. Those 5 in 3 cages don't seem to do that great running high speed/temp drives.
October 13, 201015 yr Got to agree, I'd take the extra space over the extra speed. I'd also look for a M/B with more PCI-e slots unless your planning on using the existing one you own.
October 16, 201015 yr Author I already got the drives. 1 of them is in use in my video secuity server, I might re-do it and use them both. Regardless I have a a WD640, a 500, and a few others that are 250 and below that are either ata or sata. As far as the 5 in 3 drive cages I have yet to see 1 that is 6gb compatible- really doesnt matter, I have a 4u chassis that can fit 14 drives if needbe. I can get the motherboard new for about $50 and the E7500 cpu for about $100 and also 2 gig of ram
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